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#799BF3

#799bf3 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#799bf3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 60.78% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.21% cyan, 36.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 223.28°, with 83.56% saturation and 71.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.61.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3398

Complementary

  1. #799bf3
  2. #f3d179

Split complementary

  1. #799bf3
  2. #f39479
  3. #d8f379

Analogous

  1. #79d8f3
  2. #799bf3
  3. #9479f3

Triadic

  1. #799bf3
  2. #f3799b
  3. #9bf379

Tetradic

  1. #799bf3
  2. #d179f3
  3. #f3d179
  4. #9bf379

Square

  1. #799bf3
  2. #f379d8
  3. #f3d179
  4. #79f394

Monochromatic

  1. #1142c2
  2. #3367ed
  3. #799bf3
  4. #bfcff9
  5. #ecf1fd

Shades

#799bf3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #799bf3
  2. #6d8cdb
  3. #617cc2
  4. #556daa
  5. #495d92
  6. #3d4e7a
  7. #303e61
  8. #242f49
  9. #181f31
  10. #0c1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#799bf3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #799bf3
  2. #86a5f4
  3. #94aff5
  4. #a1b9f7
  5. #afc3f8
  6. #bccdf9
  7. #c9d7fa
  8. #d7e1fb
  9. #e4ebfd
  10. #f2f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#799bf3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #799bf3
  2. #7a98e8
  3. #7a96dc
  4. #7b93d1
  5. #7c90c5
  6. #7d8eba
  7. #7d8bae
  8. #7e88a3
  9. #7f8597
  10. #7f838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #909dc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a3f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b99f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #42aebb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79a0f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #719af2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5da7d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-799bf3 {
  color: #799bf3;
}
Background
.bg-799bf3 {
  background-color: #799bf3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-799bf3 {
  border: 2px solid #799bf3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #799bf3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 155 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 84% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-799bf3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #799bf3, #9479f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-799bf3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 155 243 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.61 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.37 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.01 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.76 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.85 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.47 #86640c Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#799bf3  rgb(121, 155, 243)  hsl(223, 84%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#f3d179  rgb(243, 209, 121)  hsl(43, 84%, 71%)  Jasmine
#f3799b  rgb(243, 121, 155)  hsl(343, 84%, 71%)  Flamingo Pink
#9bf379  rgb(155, 243, 121)  hsl(103, 84%, 71%)  Pale Green